Indiana guard Maurice Creek just might be the unluckiest college basketball player of a generation.

Creek, once a budding star, has missed most of the last three seasons because of three major knee injuries. He is out again indefinitely after injuring his right foot in practice, IU officials said Wednesday.

Maurice Creek is out again. (AP Photo)

“Maurice has been doing so much to improve and help our team,” IU coach Tom Crean said in a statement. “Hopefully, this is just a temporary setback.”

School officials didn’t release any details of the injury, how or when it occurred or a timetable for recovery.

Still, it has been a cursed college career for an elite prospect. He began his career in 2009, averaging 16.4 points and shooting 44.8 percent from 3-point range before landing awkwardly on breakaway layup in late December and breaking his kneecap.

Thirteen months later, in almost the exact same spot, he caught a long inbound pass, scored on a layup and crashed to the floor. Doctors diagnosed him with a stress fracture in his right kneecap, ending the 2010-11 season and sending him back to rehab again.

Then, when it appeared Creek was ready to come back a second time, he slipped and fell down the stairs in October 2011, tearing his left Achilles tendon and costing him yet another season.

"I don't think it changes your way of life," he said in preseason. "All you can do is pray for a healthy season and a full-go season."

Now, after rehabbing yet again, Creek played in all 10 of the Hoosiers games this season. A shell of his old explosive self, he still has helped IU to a 9-1 record, averaging 3.0 points in 11.3 minutes per game.